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Title:
  Gimp's path to selection/selection to path does not preserve absolute
  size

Status in “gimp” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Very often, I'd like to have several images of same size. For that, I
  typically "select all" one image, to a "Selection to Path", then "Copy
  Path" (from Layers, Channels, Paths), then click the other image to
  bring it in focus, then "Paste Path" in its Layers, Channels, Paths -
  then click on the path in  Layers, Channels, Paths and choose "Path to
  Selection", and finally crop.

  The thing is, if I do this in this version of Ubuntu's gimp -- the
  second image gets *again* selected in its entirety - regardless if it
  is of different (larger) size!

  So, I did a little test - made a 100x100 selection in one image (of
  size 941x455), make it a path, copy and paste the path in another
  image (of size 992x543) - when I turn it into selection, I can see in
  the Toolbox info for Rectangle Select that it has the size 107x120 !!
  Since 100*992/941 = 105.42 and 100*543/455 = 119.341, I'd say that the
  new selection size is likely scaled in proportion to the difference in
  the sizes of the images.

  Now, I file this as a bug, since I just worked under OpenSuse 11.2's
  Gimp - and there this process works as (I) expected: the absolute size
  of the selection is preserved (i.e. both the original and the final
  selection remain at size 100x100 pixels).

  Hope this is enough information - and if it turns out not to be a bug,
  I'd appreciate some guidance into what behavior in this case is
  actually expected. Thanks!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: gimp 2.6.11-1ubuntu6.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-12.51-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-12-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Nov 17 22:14:10 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110325)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_DK:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_DK.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gimp
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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